January 31, 2025

Special Reports

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Overheard at TREIA GridNEXT 2018
The Texas Renewable Energy Industries Alliance’s (TREIA) 2018 GridNEXT Conference attracted a devoted group of renewable energy developers and marketers.
Western Grid’s Future Debated at CPREC-WIRAB Meeting
The formation of a Western energy market was a contentious topics of discussion at the fall joint meeting of CREPC and WIRAB.
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Connecticut Explores its Energy Future at CPES Event
Energy storage, energy efficiency and offshore wind dominated the discussion at the Connecticut Power and Energy Society’s Future of Energy Conference.
Google
Doubling Down – with Other People’s Money
PJM’s lax credit policy allowed Greenhat Energy, whose traders had a history of market manipulation, to run up as much as $140 million in FTR losses.
UPDATED: FERC Blindsided by Half-Baked Trump Order
FERC was given no advance notice of the President Trump directive to Rick Perry regarding coal and nuclear plants and has been provided no details since, officials said.
Dominion
Dominion: ‘No Flexibility’ on SCANA Bid
South Carolina legislators continue to maneuver as if there is some room to negotiate the terms of a deal to sell SCANA to Dominion, but Dominion CEO Thomas Farrell emphatically rejected that presumption on a conference call to discuss the company’s Q1 2018 earnings.
ReliabilityFirst
Counterflow: More Smoking Guns for the Clunkers
Columnist Steve Huntoon argues that the Energy Department's grid resiliency pricing NOPR was issued at the behest of the coal industry.
Overheard at the GCPA SPP Regional Conference
Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath cut attendance to the Gulf Coast Power Association’s fourth annual SPP Regional Conference by nearly 20%.
Rates, Renewables Boost Avangrid Q2 Earnings
Avangrid earned $120 million in the second quarter, up 17% because of new rate plans, improved cost management and increased renewable energy production.
Western Utilities Bought 3X Planned Wind, Study Says
A Department of Energy study found that Western U.S. utilities procured three times more wind capacity than planned in 2003-2014.

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